From xod@thestonecutters.net Wed Sep 18 12:28:30 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:28:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17rkUu-0004GK-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:28:28 -0700 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8IJQkP12209 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:26:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:26:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Invent Yourself To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: I like chocolate In-Reply-To: <20020918145928.L1238@skunk.reutershealth.com> Message-ID: <20020918152128.J11832-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 1305 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, John Cowan wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 10:10:32AM -0500, Jordan DeLong wrote: > > > I was discussing this point with some people on IRC a while back, and > > bunk I say! bunk! Of course unicorns exist: they're concepts. > > Not at all. The concept of a unicorn is a concept, and it exists, just > as the concept of a horse exists. Otherwise we are in the position of > saying that horses are animals, but unicorns are concepts, which is very ugly. .i ji'a cfipu ko zo'o .i la'e zo pavyseljirna .e la'e zo xirma cu sidbo jenai zasti dacti .i ku'i la'e su'o sidbo cu zasti dacti -- Before Sept. 11 there was not the present excited talk about a strike on Iraq. There is no evidence of any connection between Iraq and that act of terrorism. Why would that event change the situation? -- Howard Zinn